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So if your exit target is Google, you might as well save them time and increase your valuation by using Java and GWT. Ugh :(

• nostrademons 19y ago
  They'll still have to rewrite. The "infrastructure" he was referring to was GoogleFS/BigTable/MapReduce and their other massively-distributed backends. You don't have access to them if you aren't Google. I've heard that GWT isn't actually used by any notable (= public has heard of it) Google project. Could be wrong though; no inside information.
  • nickb 19y ago
    What about Gmail and Calendars? I was under an impression that both of those use it. Maybe even Google Reader... not sure.
    • nostrademons 19y ago
      Gmail doesn't: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=56768 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=56768. Dunno about Calendars or Reader.